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Bogota: Our first taste of a BIG city
So Bogota wasn’t on our list of “Must Sees,” but fellow travelers (and its convenient location) convinced us that it was worth a stop. Neither of us are huge “city” fans, and I personally believe that in order to truly … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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A More Mellow Side of San Gil
For the non-extreme sports people out there, San Gil still has many things to do. After all the heart pounding excitement, we filled the rest of our days there visiting churches, hanging out in the square, eating, hiking, and visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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Amazing Race Part Two
We took a “pit stop” from our Amazing Race to walk around the town’s botanical garden. These gardens were a bit more organized and corporate than the one in Mompos. By this we mean it had sign, entrance, and actually … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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Our Colombian Amazing Race
San Gil is know as “Colombia’s Adventure Capital,” and this town has lived up to its reputation. From rafting to paragliding to caving to hiking to rappelling, this town has plenty of way to injure yourself, or at least get … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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Mompos: Off The Tourist RADAR
After enjoying Tayrona National Park, we headed off to Mompos, a mere eight hour bus ride away. It wouldn’t have been so bad, but more than half of that was on insane dirt roads. We also randomly saw two flamingos … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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Cerveza POKER – Colombia
With a name like Cerveza Poker how could one go wrong? In fact, I believe some of the advertising for this product it even states that with “Cerveza Poker you are always a winner…” At a price point of under … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Joe's Chips and Beer
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Tayrona, Colombia
Just a week in to our trip, and Kristen is already learning the benefits of not having everything planned out into her usual spreadsheet. If we had one of her typical spreadsheets, we would have missed out on this amazing … Continue reading
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Chips and Beer Colombia – Mixton Chips and another amazing snack.
I recently enjoyed a bag a Mixton Natural Chips on Cocos Beach in Tayrona. Not quite sure where the “natural” part came in, but they were… interesting. In the bag was a mixture of potato chips, plantain chips, and different … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia, Joe's Chips and Beer
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Cartagena: Our Introduction to Colombia
Sorry for the delay in posting, but we are still getting a hang on this blogging thing and we didn’t really have internet for the past few days (except for random times when the Kindle picked up a weird network). … Continue reading
Posted in Colombia
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First Class and First Beer.
The trip down to Colombia was about as easy as it could have possibly been. We flew from Denver to Houston, Houston to Panama, and then on to Cartagena. We were able to carry on our bags on all the … Continue reading